Program Basics

• • Fox MBA
  • Fox School of Business
  • 1801 Liacouras Walk
  • PA
  • Philadelphia, 19122-6083, Pennsylvania
  • United States
  • Program Web site: http://www.fox.temple.edu/fmba/
  • Status: Public
  • Program e-mail address: foxinfo@temple.edu
  • Graduate business school is accredited by:
    • Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB)
    • Other

SCHOOL BASICS

• Graduate business school enrollment:

  • Total: 887
  • Full-Time MBA: 96
  • Part-Time MBA: 278
  • Executive MBA: 134
  • PhD Program: 151
• • Other graduate degree programs:
    • Master of Accounting
    • Master of Finance
    • Other
    • Master of Human Resources
    • Master of Technology
    • Master of Marketing
  • Master of Actuarial Science; Master of Financial Engineering; Master of Healthcare Segment Management; Master of Statistics; Management of Healthcare Financial Management

PROGRAM COSTS

• Total direct costs (tuition and required fees) of the entire MBA program:

  • Resident: $50,692.00
  • Nonresident: $71,428.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Resident): $47,854.00
  • Recommended annual budget (Nonresident): $57,535.00

PROGRAM LENGTH

• • Full-time program (months): 24

ADMISSIONS

• Application Deadlines

  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Dec 10, 2011
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Mar 31, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: May 31, 2012
  • Semester: Fall 2012
  • Deadline: Jun 30, 2012
• • Does the program have rolling admissions? Yes
  • Is proficiency in English required for admission? Yes
  • Is a minimum score on an English language proficiency test required? Yes

• Which English language proficiency tests are accepted?

  • • IELTS
    • TOEFL Internet Based Test
    • TOEFL Paper-based Test
• • Minimum paper-based TOEFL score required for MBAs: 600

• Relative Importance of Application Elements:

  • GMAT Score: Very Important
  • Resume/Work Experience: Very Important
  • Application Essays: Important
  • Interviews: Very Important
  • Recommendations: Important
  • Undergraduate Transcripts: Important

APPLICANTS

• • Applications (admitted and denied) to the newest class: 344
  • Applicants who were accepted to the most recent class: 33 %
  • Admitted applicants who enrolled in the newest class: 49 %
  • Applicants who were re-applicants from prior years: 0 %
  • Percentage of this year's reapplicants accepted: 0 %
  • Applicants wait-listed during the last admissions cycle: 26
  • Wait-listed applicants admitted for the semester to which they applied: 6
  • Applicant interviews are: By invitation only
  • Applicants (admitted and denied) who were interviewed: 70 %
  • Admitted applicants who were interviewed: 100 %

APPLICANT POOL

• • International applications received: 44 %
  • Applications from women received: 53 %

CLASS PROFILE

• Full-time students in newest entering class (2010-2011) that are:

  • Female: 47 %
  • International: 13 %
  • Married: 13 %

• Students from following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 8 %
  • Europe: 3 %
  • North America: 87 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 2 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Dual citizenship: 0 %

• Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class that are:

  • African American: 3 %
  • Asian American: 2 %
  • Hispanic or Latino American: 3 %
  • Multiethnic/Multiracial: 0 %
  • Native American: 0 %
  • White (Non-Hispanic): 17 %
  • Chose not to report: 73 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Percentage of U.S. students in newest entering class who are from the following regions:

  • Northeast: 19 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 67 %
  • South: 6 %
  • Southwest: 2 %
  • Midwest: 4 %
  • West: 2 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %
• • Mean months of work experience of newest entering class: 58
  • Median months of work experience of newest entering class: 48

• Middle 80% range of work experience of newest entering class in months:

  • From: 36
  • To: 120
• • Median age of entering class: 26
  • Mean age of entering class: 27

FINANCIAL AID

• • Full-time MBAs apply for financial aid through: Central financial aid office at the university
  • Full-time MBAs who applied for financial aid for the current academic year: 36 %
  • Full-time MBAs receiving financial aid in the current academic year: 40 %
  • Mean MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $37,986.00
  • Median MBA financial aid package for the current academic year: $27,125.00
  • On what basis are scholarships awarded?
    • academic merit
  • How does an applicant apply for scholarship consideration? As part of the admissions application
  • Mean scholarship awarded to full-time MBAs in the previous academic year: $7,994.00
  • Percentage of first-year students receiving financial aid who receive at least the same amount in their second year of study: 7 %
  • Does the school offer a guaranteed loan to all MBAs regardeless of nationality? Only to domestic students
  • Mean outstanding debt among the most recent graduates from the full-time MBA program: $47,858.00

GMAT

• • Are applicants required to take the GMAT? Yes
  • Are applicants allowed to submit the GRE? No

• GMAT score distribution (incoming class):

  • 50th Percentile (median) 620
  • Average GMAT Score 631
  • 25th Percentile 590
  • 10th Percentile 560
  • 75th Percentile 678
  • 90th Percentile 707

CLASS OFFERINGS

• • Average number of students in a full-time MBA core class: 33
  • Average number of students in a full-time MBA elective class: 25
  • Elective courses available to full-time MBA students: 72

• Electives that have been added to the full-time program since June 30, 2010:

  • How to lead from the middle/get traction on great ideas
  • Sustainability
  • Influence, Mobilization, Courage

• Concentrations and specializations offered to full-time MBA students:

  • • Finance
    • Management Information Systems
    • General Management
    • Health Care Administration
    • Accounting
    • Human Resource Management
    • Strategy
    • International Business
    • Insurance

• Joint-degree programs offered to full-time MBAs:

  • • MBA/MS (Science)
    • MBA/JD (Law)
    • MBA/MD (Medicine)
    • Other
• • Does the school offer an accelerated full-time MBA program? No

• The school believes that its leading areas of study for full-time MBA students are:

  • • Finance
    • General Management
    • Marketing
    • Leadership
    • Statistics and Operations Research

FACULTY

• • Faculty employed by the B-school: 321

• Full-time faculty:

  • Tenured: 83
  • Non-Tenured: 88

• Adjunct/Visiting Faculty:

  • Tenured: 0
  • Non-Tenured: 150

• Women on Faculty:

  • Tenured: 15
  • Non-Tenured: 70

• Minority Faculty:

  • Tenured: 29
  • Non-Tenured: 47

• International Faculty:

  • Tenured: 29
  • Non-Tenured: 38

• Faculty with PhDs:

  • Tenured: 84
  • Non-Tenured: 132

STUDENT LIFE

• Professional clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Biotech/Health care
    • Business Law
    • Corporate Social Responsibility/NetImpact
    • Entrepreneurship
    • Finance
    • Human Resources

• Networking clubs available to full-time MBA students:

  • • Black MBA Association
    • International Club
    • Partners/Family
    • Women in MBA
    • Volunteer
    • Gay/Lesbian/Bisexual

TEACHING/ACADEMICS

• Teaching methods used:

  • Case Study: 20 %
  • Distance Learning: 0 %
  • Experiential Learning: 20 %
  • Lectures: 20 %
  • Simulations: 20 %
  • Team Projects: 20 %
  • Other: 0 %

• Requirements for graduation:

  • • Students must write a complete business plan
    • Students are required to complete international experience
    • Students must complete a company-specific project and present results to relevant parties
    • Students must have attended a minimum number of classes
    • Students must have earned a pre-determined GPA/Letter grade average

TECHNOLOGY

• • Technology improvements in the last three academic years: Alter Hall, a 217sq foot state-of-the-art building, was completed in January 2009. The old building, Speakman Hall, was completely renovated, to match the technologies of Alter Hall. There are 30 Smartrooms with dual projectors and annotation capable LCD, Class Capture with Live streaming, Capital Markets Room with Bloomberg Terminals, Ticker financial feeds, Digital Signage, Wireless Internet access and printing, 22 Email Stations, 26 Break out Rooms and WebEx for Online collaboration.
  • Amount spent: $10,000,000.00

B-SCHOOL ALUMNI

• • Living MBA alumni: 59,347
  • Active MBA alumni clubs: 11
  • Countries in which MBA clubs exist: 4
  • Living MBA alumni who gave in past year: 5 %
  • Mean gift from MBA alumni: $218.00
  • Median gift from MBA alumni: $50.00
  • Did school receive an individual gift in excess of $10 million in the past academic year? No
  • Business School endowment: $19,900,000.00
  • Does the main university offer career placement services for alumni? Yes
  • Does the main university have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • University alumni networking site: http://www.myowlspace.com
  • Does the B-School have an alumni networking Web site? Yes
  • Business school alumni networking site: http://www.fox.temple.edu/alumni/
  • Does the B-SCHOOL offer career services for alumni? Yes
  • Do current MBA students have access to an alumni database? Yes

CAREER SERVICES

• • Graduates seeking full-time professional MBA employment: 91 %
  • Graduates not seeking employment: 9 %
  • Graduates for whom you have no information regarding employment: 0 %

• Annual job-searching trips that the school coordinates or participates in:

  • Destination: Job Fairs Philadelphia, PA
  • Month: February
  • Amount Paid By School: Full
  • Destination: Marketing companies
  • Month: February
  • Amount Paid By School: Full
  • Destination: Communications company
  • Month: February
  • Amount Paid By School: Full
  • Destination: Pharmaceutical company
  • Month: February
  • Amount Paid By School: Full
  • Destination: Finance companies
  • Month: February
  • Amount Paid By School: Full

• Primary source of job offer:

  • School-facilitated activities: 39 %
  • Graduate-facilitated activities: 61 %
  • No information provided by graduate: 0 %

• Job Offers for 2011 graduates

  • Received first job offer by graduation: 81 %
  • Received first job offer in three months following graduation: 14 %
  • Received first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
  • Did not report having received a job offer: 0 %
  • Accepted first job offer by graduation: 81 %
  • Accepted first job offer in three months following graduation: 14 %
  • Accepted first job offer more than 3 months after graduation: 5 %
  • Did not report having accepted a job offer: 0 %

• Top recruiting organizations most recent academic year:

  • Comcast 6
  • JP Morgan Chase 3
  • Herspiegel Consulting 2
  • SAP 2
  • Seventy Six Capital 2
  • Wells Fargo 2
  • Vanguard 2
  • Deloitte Consulting 1
  • Hatfield/Clemens Food Group 1
  • Siemens 1
  • Document Depository Corporation 1
  • Vevo 1
  • ETS 1
  • Unilever 1
  • Sodexo 1
• • Job-accepting graduates who received a signing bonus: 28 %

• Base salary, signing bonuses and other compensation for most recent employed graduates:

  • Mean base salary: $77,792.00
  • Median base salary: $75,000.00
  • Mean signing bonus: $13,500.00
  • Median signing bonus: $15,000.00
  • Mean other guaranteed compensation: $0.00
  • Median other guaranteed compensation: $0.00

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following functional areas:

  • Consulting: 15 %
  • Finance/Accounting: 24 %
  • General Management: 7 %
  • Human Resources: 5 %
  • Marketing/Sales: 34 %
  • Management Information Systems: 5 %
  • Operations/Logistics: 7 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Graduating students who accepted jobs in the following industries:

  • Government: 0 %
  • Consulting: 24 %
  • Consumer Products: 27 %
  • Financial Services: 29 %
  • Manufacturing: 0 %
  • Media/Entertainment: 2 %
  • Non-Profit: 5 %
  • Petroleum/Energy: 0 %
  • Pharmaceutical/Biotechnology/Health Care: 0 %
  • Real Estate: 0 %
  • Technology: 10 %
  • Other: 2 %

• Graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

  • Africa: 0 %
  • Asia: 0 %
  • Europe: 0 %
  • North America: 100 %
  • Oceania: 0 %
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 0 %

• Within the U.S., graduates who accepted full-time jobs in the following regions:

  • Northeast: 5 %
  • Mid-Atlantic: 90 %
  • South: 0 %
  • Southwest: 0 %
  • Midwest: 2 %
  • West: 2 %
  • Possessions and territories: 0 %

• Top recruiting organizations for internships, most recent academic year:

  • Good Company Ventures 2
  • Hersha Hospitality 2
  • Shire 2
  • 1-800FLOWERS 1
  • 76 Capital 1
  • GSK 1
  • FMC 1
  • Cancer Genetics 1
  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 1
  • PA Visitor's Bureau 1
  • Tubosquid 1
  • PPH 1
  • Harrah's 1
  • United Breweries 1
  • JP Morgan Chase 1
• • Internships awarded that are paid: 72 %

• Weekly internship compensation:

  • Mean: $1,037.00
  • Median: $1,100.00
• • Average internship length in weeks: 12

• • -I loved the Fox program. I was extraordinarily impressed with the level of education I received and the obvious excitement of the faculty. The entire school is on a mission to continue improving itself, and I am convinced that my degree from Fox will just continue to appreciate in value in the coming years.
    
    -Because of poor career services, I may not encourage friends to enroll in this same MBA. Although the quality of program is very good.
    
    -The Temple MBA is probably not for everyone. It has been an intense two years and I graduate in less than two months and don't have a job yet. I believe it has been a wonderful experience nonetheless. I've been stretched, challenged, and bettered by the program.
    
    -The school did what it was supposed to do for me. It taught me business fundamentals, opened doors into the Philadelphia business community, gave me a more full understanding of how businesses behave, and gave me a master’s degree. For the most part I enjoyed my time and my classmates, and I felt it was overall a stimulating experience.
    
    -I loved the small cohort and the rigor of the academic programs. The professors know each student by name and the administration genuinely cares about the students.
    
    -The Fox School is a program that is dedicated to improving itself. I have no doubt that the value of my degree will only appreciate in the coming years. I have found myself to be far more impressed with the program than I expected to be. Dollar for dollar, I can't imagine a better value than the education offered at Fox.
    
    -I regret my decision to come do an MBA. My suggestion would be, if you are having a glorious career, do not shun it for doing an MBA from an average school. Rather, aim higher, board on Ivies, and make sure you are going to a better place before leaving what you were already good at.
    
    -I really enjoyed my experience at Temple's Fox School of Business. The academics were top-notch and the fellow students were from a wide variety of backgrounds in both location and career history. The professors were outstanding the the academics challenging, all available for a relatively affordable tuition.